Kyklioacalles atlasicus Stüben & Astrin, 2010

Stüben, Peter E. & Astrin, Jonas J., 2010, Molecular phylogeny of the weevil genus Kyklioacalles Stüben, with descriptions of a new subgenus Glaberacalles and two new species (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae), Zootaxa 2662, pp. 28-52 : 44

Kyklioacalles atlasicus Stüben & Astrin sp.n.

( Figs. 21 , 28 , 30, 32)

Type material. Holotype. 1ɗ: " MOROCCO: High Atlas, 59 km SE Marrakech, N Taddert, (near Tazouguerte), N31°28’19” W07°24’22”, 1500 m, 28.12.2002, Quercus ilex , Quercus suber , leg. Stüben -19 - ", coll. CURCULIO-Institut, D- Mönchengladbach.

Paratypes. 58ɗ, 25Ψ: data as for holotype, coll. Stüben, coll. CURCULIO-Institute, Mönchengladbach (1 Ψ); 2ɗ: " MOROCCO: High Atlas, E Marrakech, N Taddert, (near Tazouguerte), 1498 m, N31°28'18" W 07°24'21", Quercus ( suber ), 3.5.2009, leg. Stüben -13-", coll. Stüben; 3ɗ: " MOROCCO: High Atlas, E Marrakech, N Taddert, (near Tazouguerte), 1727 m, N31°28'07" W 07°24'59", Quercus , 3.5.2009, leg. Stüben -14-", coll. Stüben, coll. ZFMK: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (2ɗ).

Discussion and differential diagnosis. The new species Kyklioacalles atlasicus from the High Atlas of Morocco must be compared with the related species from the Anti-Atlas, Kyklioacalles maroccensis ( Stüben, 2001) . The latter was described as an Acalles species at first ( Stüben 2001: 182–184); but this was revealed later as a mistake ( Stüben 2003a: 142f.). This species belongs to the Genus Kyklioacalles , because the basal part of the endophallus consists of a cyclic—even if weakly developed—structure ( Fig. 29 ). The closely related new species has a more highly developed, complete and strongly cyclical structure of the endophallus ( Fig. 28 ). Moreover there are some different characters:

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FIGURES 20 – 21. New species of Kyklioacalles (dorsal / lateral view); 22 – 24. Related species (dorsally): 22. Kyklioacalles bupleuri Stüben, 2004, 23. Kyklioacalles anthyllis Stüben, 2004, 24. Kyklioacalles maroccensis (Stüben, 2001).

FIGURES 25 – 29. Male genitalia of the new and related species; 30. Loci typici and host plants of the new species; 31 – 32. Female genitalia.